Silas Z. Landes

Silas Zephaniah Landes (born May 15, 1842 in Augusta County , Virginia , †  May 23, 1910 in Mount Carmel , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Silas Landes attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1863, he began to work in Mount Carmel in this profession. Between 1872 and 1884 he was a prosecutor in Wabash County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1884 , Land in the 16th  constituency of Illinois was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Aaron Shaw on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In 1888 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Landes initially worked as a lawyer in Mount Carmel. Between 1891 and 1897 he was a judge in the Illinois Fourth Judicial District. Then he practiced again as a lawyer. He died on May 23, 1910 in Mount Carmel, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Silas Z. Landes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Silas Z. country in the database of Find a Grave (English)